George Finlayson
3x Great-grandfather of Colin Manson (ahnentafel #60, MMMFF)
✓ Sourced record
Born
11 July 1838, Canon Miles, Midlothian
Died
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Parents
Documents
3 records from the research archive. Click an image to view it full size.
Birth, 1838
Source: McClure Gavigan — George Finlayson Birth Cert 1838.pdf
Birth, 1838
Source: Scotlands people downloads — George Finlayson 1838 Birth.pdf
Birth, 1873
Source: ScotlandsPeople downloads, 29 October 2026 — George finlayson birth entry 1874.pdf
The file was named 1874, but the register year is 1873.
What the records say
Details read from the certificate images above. Handwriting is transcribed as read, with doubts noted.
Birth of George Finlayson, 1838
O.P.R. Births 685/02 0350 0425 · St Cuthbert's, Edinburgh, register of births and baptisms 1838
Name
George Finlayson
Born
5 June 1838
Parents
William Finlayson, Gardener, residing at Canonmills, and Janet Smith
Entered
Under 7 July 1838
⚠ Date differs from the GEDCOMThe GEDCOM has 11 July 1838. The entry says he was born on the fifth day of June "last" and it was recorded in the July baptism list, so 5 June looks like the birth and July is the recording or baptism.
Birth of George Finlayson, 1873
Statutory Births 685/2 40 · District of St Andrew, Burgh of Edinburgh, 1873, page 14, entry 40
Name
George Finlayson, boy
Born
7 January 1873, in the evening
Place of birth
17 Cumberland Street, Edinburgh
Father
George Finlayson, blacksmith (journeyman)
Mother
Mary Finlayson, maiden surname read as Fraser (it could also be Turner), married 17 November 1866 (year as read), Edinburgh
Informant
George Finlayson, father
Registered
11 January 1873, Edinburgh
⚠ Mother's maiden nameHis 1901 marriage record gives his mother as Mary Finlayson, maiden surname Stuart, and the tree has her as Mary Stuart. This entry looks like Fraser or Turner. The parents' marriage in Edinburgh in November 1866 would settle it.
ℹ Birth date is now exactThe GEDCOM had "about 1873". This is the Edinburgh-born George who married Helen McKechnie in 1901.
ℹ Other entries on the pageEntries 41 and 42 (Alexander Ainslie and George Mitchell) are unrelated.